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There’s no guide book for when you lose a parent. From my experience, it seems like it always hurts and it’s always hard. No matter what the circumstances are. I am convinced that a parent-child relationship is as complicated as … Continue reading →

Did you know 8 is my lucky number? Well, I like to think it is. It was my number for soccer  almost my whole life, it’s in most of my passwords (shhh), and I gravitate towards it. Even in weird … Continue reading →

On July 7th, we lost my grandmother, Ma, my dad’s mom. She passed somewhat suddenly. She was in poor health, but she wasn’t in a near-death position as at least I typically think, in the hospital, on hospice, on a … Continue reading →

March 6th was the last day of in-person school before Spring Break, during which the university shut down for the rest of the semester. Before my students left for Spring Break, I had a conversation with them about the possibilities … Continue reading →

This 30-day challenge of writing a post per day for type 1 diabetes has been the most fun challenge! Type 1 diabetes completely changed me and it’s been a joy to share my story with so many people. These 30 … Continue reading →

Each chapter of JDRF puts on a Summit each year. The chapters of JDRF are organized by geographical region and the summit is basically a conference that you can go to with multiple informational sessions that you can choose from … Continue reading →

Mental Health, a topic that for some reason we like to avoid. We like to make it seem like we’ve got it all together even though we love when the person we think has it all together admits that they … Continue reading →

I’ve talked about this a few times on this blog, but for those of you who don’t know, I’ve bending research with type 1 diabetes and exercise since my Junior year of Undergrad. And a lot of people ask why … Continue reading →

Most people don’t associate the feeling of being scared with type 1 diabetes. And I get it, most people don’t know what it’s like. They think about being sad or mad or confused. All those things are true too. But … Continue reading →

Podcasts are the millennial audio books is what I’m told; however, I love listening to a good audiobook on a long car ride or listening to a podcast when I get tired of hearing my music in the car. One … Continue reading →